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Maltese Rabbit Stew

Traditional Maltese braised rabbit with wine, tomatoes, and herbs

Total Time
2h 30min
Servings
6
Difficulty
hard
Rating
4.2 (56 reviews)

Time Breakdown

Prep:30min
Cook:2h
Cuisine: mediterranean
Meal Type:
dinner
Tags:
malteserabbitstewbraisedmediterranean

Ingredients (6 servings)

  • 3.31 lbsrabbit, jointed into pieces
  • 1.27 cupsred wine
  • 14.29 ozcanned tomatoes, crushed
  • 2 largeonions, sliced
  • 6 clovesgarlic, crushed
  • 3 leavesbay leaves
  • 2 sprigsfresh rosemary
  • 4 sprigsfresh thyme
  • 2.71 fl ozolive oil
  • 2 tbsptomato paste
  • 1.27 cupsrabbit stock
    or chicken stock
  • 3.57 ozgreen olives, pitted
  • 2 tbspcapers
  • 2 tbspred wine vinegar
  • 1 tspsugar
  • 2 tspsalt
  • 1 tspblack pepper

Instructions

  1. 1

    Season rabbit pieces with salt and pepper.

    5min
  2. 2

    Heat olive oil and brown rabbit pieces on all sides.

    15min
  3. 3

    Remove rabbit and sauté onions until golden, about 8 minutes.

    8min
  4. 4

    Add garlic and tomato paste, cook 2 minutes.

    2min
  5. 5

    Add wine and scrape up browned bits from bottom.

    3min
  6. 6

    Return rabbit with tomatoes, herbs, stock, and seasonings.

    5min
  7. 7

    Cover and braise for 1.5 hours until rabbit is tender.

    1h 30min
  8. 8

    Add olives, capers, vinegar, and sugar. Cook 10 minutes more.

    12min

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